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bibativeness

bibativeness noun: penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.

Noun

bibativeness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.
    • Just in front of Alimentiveness, is one or more organs which create a love of drinking, bathing, sailing, &c., which might be called Aquativeness, or Bibativeness, or Thirst, as thought best.1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, page 193
    Synonyms:
    aquativeness

Synonyms of bibativeness

Origin of bibativeness

Coined circa 1843, by Orson Squire Fowler, as variant of earlier aquativeness (1843), by analogy with earlier alimentiveness (1828). From Latin bibō (“I drink”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”); compare Latin bibāx (“tending to drink”).

Questions about bibativeness

What does bibativeness mean?
Bibativeness means penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.
What part of speech is bibativeness?
Bibativeness is a noun.

Words near bibativeness in the dictionary

  1. bibasal
  2. bibasic
  3. bibasilar
  4. bibation
  5. bibations
  6. bibativeness
  7. bibb
  8. Bibb County
  9. bibb lettuce
  10. bibb lettuces
  11. bibbed

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